I find scapegoating a primeval tactic for uncertainty. Drugs are the tools of escapism. Islamophobia … racism … antisemitism. How to change human nature? Is suffering their extreme consequences the only wake-up call for correction? Sad that so much energy needed for human progress is wasted.
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
—Martin Niemöller”
The Octogenarians 
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I find scapegoating a primeval tactic for uncertainty. Drugs are the tools of escapism. Islamophobia … racism … antisemitism. How to change human nature? Is suffering their extreme consequences the only wake-up call for correction? Sad that so much energy needed for human progress is wasted.
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
—Martin Niemöller”
It’s the dilemma of Good and Evil.Well said!